Parametric sliding lid box

CascadeStudio sliding lid box design
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updated January 8, 2024

Description

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A parametric box with a sliding lid. You can (currently) adjust:

  • Outside or inside width, depth, height
  • Wall thickness
  • Outside radius
  • Text on lid, either engraved or for multimaterial printing

 

⚠ The lid is not meant to be printed in place. It will fuse closed. ⚠

Click the “print” checkbox before saving the STL/STEP to position the lid for printing, or use ‘Split to Objects’ in PrusaSlicer before printing.

 

Customizing instructions: 

  1. Download sliding_box.json
  2. Visit https://zalo.github.io/CascadeStudio
  3. Click the Load Project button, and select the downloaded JSON file.

Then, adjust the parameters as needed, and click Save STEP or Save STL

This design is a little flaky, and you can select a set of parameters that won't generate a model or will give errors, mostly related to the outside radius value. If you run into that, try unchecking Cache?, reloading, and/or using different parameters. Sorry!

Printing instructions:

I print these at 0.3mm layer height, no supports.

Changelog:

 

DateDescription
2023-03-21
  • Added dropdown for internal vs external dimensions
  • Adjusted range for open slider
  • Limit outside radius to half of the minimum width or depth
  • Fixed bad slide shape with some radius settings
  • About 80% faster to render
2023-03-31
  • Added input for lid text. Only used if box is deep enough (25mm + wall thickness) and wide enough.
  • Added ‘print’ checkbox to drop lid onto the ground
  • Fixed part of lid missing at some wall thickness values

For a hinged box, see also: Parametric hinged small parts box

For a slide-down lid: https://www.printables.com/model/702716-parametric-box-with-lid


 

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